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Table 4 Cancer detection rates stratified by age and prostate volume in all patients

From: The optimal number of initial prostate biopsy cores in daily practice: a prospective study using the Nara Urological Research and Treatment Group nomogram

PV (mL)

Age

−59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80−

Total

−25

32.4 (11/34)

75.8 (25/33)

52.5 (31/59)

66.7 (42/63)

79.7 (47/59)

83.0 (39/47)

66.1 (195/295)

25.1–50

19.6 (9/46)

25.6 (11/43)

43.0 (37/86)

45.4 (59/130)

55.1 (49/89)

58.5 (31/53)

43.8 (196/447)

50.1−

30.8 (4/13)

13.6 (3/22)

14.6 (6/41)

21.7 (10/46)

42.6 (20/47)

60.0 (15/25)

29.9 (58/194)

Total

25.8 (24/93)

39.8 (39/98)

39.8 (74/186)

46.4 (111/239)

59.5 (116/195)

68.0 (85/125)

48.0 (449/936)